LONDON, Aug 30 (Aljazeera) - The UK is giving underwater drones to Ukraine and training Ukrainian personnel in the UK to use them to clear their coastline of mines, the country’s Ministry of Defence has announced.

Six autonomous minehunting vehicles will be sent to the country to help detect Russian mines in the waters off its coast, the ministry said. Three of these will be provided from UK stocks, with a further three to be bought from industry.

The lightweight autonomous vehicle is designed for use in shallow coastal environments, operating effectively at depths of up to 100 metres (328 feet) to detect, locate and identify mines using an array of sensors so the Ukrainian navy can destroy them.